US Patent Issued to thyssenkrupp Uhde, thyssenkrupp on July 8 for "Method and device for producing hydrogen and pyrolytic carbon from hydrocarbons" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,457, issued on July 8, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).

"Method and device for producing hydrogen and pyrolytic carbon from hydrocarbons" was invented by Nicolai Antweiler (Essen, Germany) and Karsten Bueker (Dortmund, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for producing hydrogen and pyrolytic carbon from hydrocarbons may involve converting hydrocarbons into hydrogen and carbon in a reactor at temperatures of 1000deg C. or more. The reactor may include two electrodes spaced apart from one another in a flow direction of the hydrocarbons. In a region of the reacto...